This conference call is scheduled for Wednesday, October 30, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Interested parties should call +1-816-650-0741 at least five minutes prior to the scheduled time of the call and ask for the "Radio One Third Quarter Results Conference Call." The conference call will be recorded and made available for replay at the conclusion of the call until midnight the following day. Interested parties may listen to the recording by dialing +1-402-220-2491 and entering access code 13901558.

Access to live audio and replay of the conference call will also be available on Radio One's corporate website at http://www.radio-one.com . The replay will be made available on the website for 7 days after the call.

Radio One is the nation's seventh largest radio broadcasting company (based on 2001 pro forma revenue) in the United States and the largest primarily targeting African-American and urban listeners. The Company owns and/or operates 65 radio stations located in 22 of the largest markets in the United States and programs five channels on the XM Satellite Radio system.

SOURCE Radio One, Inc.

CONTACT: Scott R. Royster of Radio One, +1-301-429-2642 URL: http://www.radio-one.com -->